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Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security itself are changing.
Exploring colors can help discuss abstract, challenging topics in concrete ways – especially experiences doctors and caregivers may encounter caring for people at the end of life.
FEMA runs the largest managed retreat program in the country, Two disaster response experts looked at the demographics of who gets those buyouts and where they go.
Fungal infections can be among the hardest to treat, and since the pandemic began they’ve become only more common. To prevent future antifungal resistance, scientists have developed tiny molecular drills.
Major players in the financial system are pondering the unthinkable as the US inches closer to an unprecedented default.
A recent study found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.
The brilliance of the new Netflix TV show, ‘Beef,’ which looks at loneliness and urban life, is threatened by the controversial history of one of its supporting actors, David Choe.
Parents who had positive experiences in school often select schools for their children that are similar to the ones they attended – but if they had a bad experience they avoid those kinds of schools.
Saudi Arabia’s choice of China to broker its deal with Iran surprised many, but is consistent with its foreign policy agenda.
Energy companies have marketed natural gas as cooks’ favorite for years because homes with gas hookups will also use it for space and water heating.
Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023.
‘Career portfolioing’ is a trend where people assemble different sources of income, such as side gigs, to give them a measure of independence from employers who provide little job security.
Graphene is superstrong and superconductive, and it has applications in everything from construction to electronics. But to date there have been almost no commercial uses of the material.
130 countries have signed a pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%. Success could have a swift impact on global warming.
Arrest numbers reflect a nearly 40% decline from 2019, but the statistics come with some caveats.
Over hundreds of million years of evolution, ants have come up with some pretty smart solutions to problems of agriculture, navigation and architecture. People could learn a thing or two.
Social Security is increasing benefits by 8.7%, beginning in January 2023, to offset the surging cost of living in the US.
The walls of your house could someday be built with living bacteria. Synthetic biologists are engineering microbes into living materials that are cheap and sustainable.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Rice University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Sociology PhD Student and Public Scholar, Rice University
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Graduate Student in Chemistry, Rice University
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Professor of Chemistry, Rice University
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Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy; Lecturer, Rice University
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Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs, Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University
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Director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, Rice University
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Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
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Professor of Religion and Art History, Rice University
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Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Senior Spatial Research Analyst, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University
